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algebra intermediate

Problem

Given that two of the roots of the equation have a product of compute
Solution
Let and be the three roots, and suppose that By Vieta's formulas, we also know that Since the second equation simplifies to or Therefore, the numbers and have a sum of and a product of so they must be the roots of the quadratic This quadratic factors as so we have Then by Vieta again,
Final answer
150